Index: /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150625/Ohana/src/libfits/Makefile
===================================================================
--- /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150625/Ohana/src/libfits/Makefile	(revision 38687)
+++ /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150625/Ohana/src/libfits/Makefile	(revision 38688)
@@ -25,5 +25,4 @@
 TEST_CPPFLAGS =	$(BASE_CPPFLAGS)
 TEST_LDFLAGS  = $(BASE_LDFLAGS) -lFITS -lohana -ltap_ohana
-
 
 TESTXTRA = tcomptiming 
Index: /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150625/Ohana/src/photdbc/src/copy_images.c
===================================================================
--- /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150625/Ohana/src/photdbc/src/copy_images.c	(revision 38687)
+++ /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150625/Ohana/src/photdbc/src/copy_images.c	(revision 38688)
@@ -59,5 +59,5 @@
   char mapfile[DVO_MAX_PATH];
   snprintf (mapfile, DVO_MAX_PATH, "%s/AstroMap.fits", CATDIR);
-  AstromOffsetTable *table_src = AstromOffsetMapLoad (mapfile, VERBOSE);
+  AstromOffsetTable *table_src = AstromOffsetMapLoad (mapfile, 100000, VERBOSE);
 
   // assign images.coords.offsetMap -> table->map[i]
Index: /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150625/Ohana/src/relastro/src/assign_images.c
===================================================================
--- /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150625/Ohana/src/relastro/src/assign_images.c	(revision 38687)
+++ /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150625/Ohana/src/relastro/src/assign_images.c	(revision 38688)
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@
   char mapfile[DVO_MAX_PATH];
   snprintf (mapfile, DVO_MAX_PATH, "%s/AstroMap.fits", CATDIR);
-  AstromOffsetTable *table = AstromOffsetMapLoad (mapfile, VERBOSE);
+  AstromOffsetTable *table = AstromOffsetMapLoad (mapfile, 100000, VERBOSE);
 
   // assign images.coords.offsetMap -> table->map[i]
Index: /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150625/Ohana/src/relastro/src/load_images.c
===================================================================
--- /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150625/Ohana/src/relastro/src/load_images.c	(revision 38687)
+++ /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150625/Ohana/src/relastro/src/load_images.c	(revision 38688)
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@
   char mapfile[DVO_MAX_PATH];
   snprintf (mapfile, DVO_MAX_PATH, "%s/AstroMap.fits", CATDIR);
-  table = AstromOffsetMapLoad (mapfile, VERBOSE);
+  table = AstromOffsetMapLoad (mapfile, 100000, VERBOSE);
 
   // assign images.coords.offsetMap -> table->map[i]
Index: /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150625/Ohana/src/relastro/src/relastro_parallel_images.c
===================================================================
--- /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150625/Ohana/src/relastro/src/relastro_parallel_images.c	(revision 38687)
+++ /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150625/Ohana/src/relastro/src/relastro_parallel_images.c	(revision 38688)
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@
   char mapfile[DVO_MAX_PATH];
   snprintf (mapfile, DVO_MAX_PATH, "%s/AstroMap.%d.fits", CATDIR, REGION_HOST_ID);
-  AstromOffsetTable *table = AstromOffsetMapLoad (mapfile, VERBOSE);
+  AstromOffsetTable *table = AstromOffsetMapLoad (mapfile, 100000, VERBOSE);
 
   // assign images.coords.offsetMap -> table->map[i]
Index: /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150625/Ohana/src/relastro/src/share_images_pos.c
===================================================================
--- /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150625/Ohana/src/relastro/src/share_images_pos.c	(revision 38687)
+++ /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150625/Ohana/src/relastro/src/share_images_pos.c	(revision 38688)
@@ -115,5 +115,5 @@
     snprintf (mapname, 1024, "%s/AstroMapUpdate.%d.fits", CATDIR, regionHosts->hosts[i].hostID);
     
-    AstromOffsetTable *table = AstromOffsetMapLoad (mapname, VERBOSE);
+    AstromOffsetTable *table = AstromOffsetMapLoad (mapname, 100000, VERBOSE);
     LOGRTIME("image_maps_load host %d loop %d on %s, host %d: %f sec\n", i, nloop, myHostName, REGION_HOST_ID, dtime);
   
Index: /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150625/Ohana/src/relphot/src/load_images.c
===================================================================
--- /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150625/Ohana/src/relphot/src/load_images.c	(revision 38687)
+++ /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150625/Ohana/src/relphot/src/load_images.c	(revision 38688)
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@
   MARKTIME("build chip match for %d images: %f sec\n", (int) Nimage, dtime);
 
+  // XXX consider allowing relphot to skip the AstroMap load (do we need precise astrometry here?)
+
   char mapfile[DVO_MAX_PATH];
   snprintf (mapfile, DVO_MAX_PATH, "%s/AstroMap.fits", CATDIR);
-  AstromOffsetTable *table = AstromOffsetMapLoad (mapfile, VERBOSE);
+  AstromOffsetTable *table = AstromOffsetMapLoad (mapfile, 100000, VERBOSE);
 
   // assign images.coords.offsetMap -> table->map[i]